Description: Giving the dead Lucrece Lucrece ( Lucretia , Lucretia , a Roman lady ) fell victim to the violence of his cousin Sextus Tarquinius , the son of Tarquin the Proud . Lucretia sent for her father and her husband ( Collatinus ) they came with Lucius Junius Brutus , Lucius Tarquiniuss cousin Collatinus . Lucretia revealed to them what had happened to him and , after having made them swear to avenge his honor , was stabbed . Painting by Francesco Maria Mazzola / Girolamo Parmigianino or Parmigianino ( 1503 1540 ) . 1540 Naples , Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte